{"id":691957,"date":"2026-06-08T17:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/691957\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:26:16","slug":"i-asked-a-fashion-expert-to-rank-french-open-players-by-their-outfits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/691957\/","title":{"rendered":"I asked a fashion expert to rank French Open players by their outfits"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROLAND GARROS \u2014 In a city like Paris, looking good is not a luxury, it\u2019s a necessity.<\/p>\n

There are few places where that is more true than if you are the centre of attention on Court Philippe-Chatrier, walking out in front of 15,000 people. They are at the French Open to watch you play tennis, but in the fashion capital of the world, they are also there to judge your outfit.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve spent two weeks watching for the best and worst looks of the 2026 French Open \u2013 but I am also hardly likely to trouble Vogue\u2019s Best Dressed People list any time soon \u2013 so I thought I should get an expert in to help. Eliza Wastcoat, who runs \u201cIt\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World<\/a>\u201d on Instagram and creator of \u201cThe Fashion Edit\u201d, has given me her own expert opinion and the verdict of her audience.<\/p>\n

Marta Kostyuk, Wilson<\/p>\n

\"PARIS,Kostyuk reached the semi-finals in her Wilson dress (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s Marta Kostyuk enjoyed her best ever French Open in tennis terms, reaching the semi-final before losing to eventual champion Mirra Andreeva. Like Eliza herself, I should add, Kostyuk has a sponsorship deal with Wilson, who have become an increasingly popular player within the tennis clothing game, but I personally was sceptical of the outfit donded by stablemate Alex de Minaur (it looked like PE kit to me) and that worn by the Ukrainian herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis dress Wilson first released in 2024 and it came out in a field green, and that was the real entrance of Wilson in terms of like, \u2018Oh they\u2019re here to play with tennis fashion,\u2019 and this dress in particular is called the Winning Tennis Dress and it\u2019s very very popular,\u201d Wastcoat explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s basically a shell dress so it doesn\u2019t have bra or shorts built in, which a lot of women prefer, and I think what they\u2019ve done well with this dress is it fits a lot of different body types, whether you have boobs or no boobs, whether you\u2019re like slightly bigger on the bottom, it works for a lot of different shapes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this colourway with the blue racket looks really nice on her.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World: 94 per cent<\/p>\n

The i Paper: 41 per cent<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka, Nike<\/p>\n

The world No 1 made a significant splash on social media when she revealed this dress, which is supposed to be specific to her (although world No 88 Oksana Selekhmeteva then popped up in it as well).<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that she likes this one the most out of everything she\u2019s worn of late,\u201d says Wastcoat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that she would love to have a lot more creative input and say in terms of what she\u2019s getting from Nike, but as far as I know, that\u2019s not even in store next year, either.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to see her in something that she actually has input over, because in juxtaposition to someone like Naomi [Osaka], it would be nice to have seen more players have creative control of their kits. But this is probably one of the better ones that I\u2019ve seen from them for her. \u201c<\/p>\n

I personally loved it on Instagram but in day-light, the two-level effect was a bit lost, so I had to mark it down.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World: 83 per cent<\/p>\n

The i Paper: 75 per cent<\/p>\n

Naomi Osaka, Nike<\/p>\n

\"PARIS,Osaka walked out for the first round with an outfit over her tennis dress (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

How did we get this far without mentioning Naomi Osaka, who made the fashion splash of the tournament<\/a> on multiple occasions? She walked out for each match with a different skirt or train attached to her tennis dress, which in itself was shiny and beautiful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t love the silhouette of the dress, the way that it\u2019s cut,\u201d says Wastcoat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s kind of been a consistent problem for me with Naomi\u2019s kits: I just don\u2019t think the dress itself is super flattering when she\u2019s standing still.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PARIS,Don\u2019t these sequins look itchy? (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

She adds: \u201cPersonally, every time I\u2019ve worn anything with sequins on it, it\u2019s very itchy! I am surprised if he has found a way to create layers so that the sequence themselves are not itchy for her, I don\u2019t know how this fits the performance bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

For me, it came into its own when Roland Garros scheduled their first women\u2019s night match in three years, and Osaka truly sparkled. She may have lost the match but the dress won me over.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World: 48 per cent<\/p>\n

The i Paper: 83 per cent<\/p>\n

Coco Gauff, New Balance<\/p>\n

\"PARIS,Gauff had several different mauve outfits that complemented the red clay (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

Gauff had different versions of this dress (in which she failed to defend her French Open title) for different times of day and the slightly more purple version was the most approved of any with the \u201cIt\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World\u201d audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the purple colour looks really nice against the clay,\u201d Wastcoat says.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow it\u2019s a little bit more mauve, it kind of goes with her racket. I\u2019m always a fan of her little frilly socks, and the way she coordinates with her headbands and shoes and wristbands. <\/p>\n

\u201cGenerally speaking, I\u2019m impressed by and excited that New Balance always has something new for her and new innovations, and that they\u2019re finally starting to make some of it available to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, not all tennis gear worn by players is available for purchase \u2013 but this one is.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World: 96 per cent<\/p>\n

The i Paper: 79 per cent<\/p>\n

Tommy Paul, New Balance<\/p>\n

\"PARIS,Tommy Paul had several different pink shirts \u2013 but none went down well (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cI hated this,\u201d Wastcoat says. \u201cThis is a disaster. This type of pink does not look good on the clay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could kind of see this having a moment, maybe at the beginning of the year in Australia. This to me does not feel Paris at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t agree more, Eliza. The running shorts are particularly bad.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World: 42 per cent<\/p>\n

The i Paper: 29 per cent<\/p>\n

Joao Fonseca\/Iga Swiatek, On<\/p>\n

\"\"Fonseca (left) and Swiatek are both On athletes (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

Now I was expecting to see an On athlete in one of the singles finals, but Cobolli was pretty far down my list. However, he defied expectations and put up a great fight in the final before being downed by Alexander Zverev<\/a>. And perhaps because of exposure over time, On\u2019s look \u2013 which has not changed much \u2013 has grown on me. Not so much Eliza.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on what my audience tells me, people are really sick of this motif in general, and would love for On to do something different,\u201d Wastcoat says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think fans are bored, they would like to see on do something else, and I would agree. I think this has been done before, and it\u2019s time to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World: Swiatek 14 per cent, Fonseca 46 per cent<\/p>\n

The i Paper: 55 per cent<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic, Lacoste<\/p>\n

\"PARIS,Djokovic did not make it past round three but his outfit made an impact (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

Wastcoat says: \u201cLacoste did a nice job of playing with the hues of the clay itself and finding something that blended really well with the background. I also was a really big fan of the walkout jacket he had on for the first round, that custom jacket. I know they did one for Venus [Williams] in Miami, and now one for him with the silhouette of the wolf on the back.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people didn\u2019t love the oversized kind of look to it, I thought it was very in line with Lacoste\u2019s current runway collections.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was news to me \u2013 not a big runway guy \u2013 but I liked Djokovic in light orange on dark orange.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World: 90 per cent<\/p>\n

The i Paper: 85 per cent<\/p>\n

Diana Shnaider, Yonex<\/p>\n

\"TennisDiana Shnaider has become known her her headbands and Yonex have leant into it (Photo: Reuters)<\/p>\n

The queen of the bandana. Shnaider has always been on my radar as a bandana aficionado myself, and I love that Yonex are now making them for her to match the dress. The tennis dress also has cool patterns in between the pleats, so I was very pro.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually had some messages from players who wear Yonex saying that they were like very upset when they opened their kit box and like were horrified, and the only thing that they wanted to wear was this black dress, so I think it\u2019s the best part of their collection,\u201d Wastcoat says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still don\u2019t feel like Yonex, especially for the women, that are particularly flattering. In general, their women\u2019s gear could step up a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Eliza\u2019s World: n\/a<\/p>\n

The i Paper: 90 per cent<\/p>\n

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